If you would like to attend the upcoming edition of the Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), registration will remain open until Nov 12th, 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Excited to share our new paper published last week: we describe three #Acalypha species new to science from #Africa, expanding the genus’s diversity and contributing to a better understanding of tropical flora.
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Want to do a PhD in biology? Our projects for 2026 are now live! If you're considering a PhD, or know someone who is, we have projects that span the biosciences to serve as inspiration.
Reach out to our academics to discuss these or more options if you have an idea of your own 👇
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Trinity College Dublin Herbarium
Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation.
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
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Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
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IMO paying close attention to species and simply describing what they do is a worthwhile endeavor unto itself.
Guessing I am not alone.
#iamabotanist #iamanaturalist #PUI #biodiversity
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IAPT Webinar Series: Sharing taxonomic data with biodiversity and nomenclature databases! Join us on October 22nd to celebrate the International Day of Climate Action and World Sustainability Day! 🪸🍄🌸🎉 @barbarathiers.bsky.social @pjimmej.bsky.social @isabellarridon.bsky.social
We are nearly ready to announce this year's Founders' Lecture speaker!
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
Registration for this year's YSF is open!!!
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
New article out in @iaptglobal.bsky.social ´s TAXON: "A nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of mainland Africa". It's open access, follow the link!
Taxonomy is under constant change; species classification is revised continuously, and changes accumulate affecting biodiversity metrics & generating uncertainty that is rarely assessed. Juliana Stropp review how taxonomic changes have changed the observed Amazonian palm richness patterns 👇🧪🌐 #NICED
Now available: "The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined", where I contributed a chapter. Check it out if interested!
A split-screen image. The left side shows a rhinoceros mother and calf in a savanna landscape with scattered trees. The right side depicts a forest fire scene with orange flames and silhouetted trees against a dark sky. Text reads: "Biodiversity is in crisis" followed by: "1 million plant and animal species risk extinction Ecosystems are collapsing Misinformation slows progress." "Trust the science. Conserve, restore and sustainably use biodiversity."
‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
It's official! All thesis chapters are individually citable! (One still needs to go through peer-review though 😅)
Dealing with systematic errors arising from missing data, this is fresh off the press: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Psst, we also have a new comprehensive caecilian phylogeny!
1/4 🧵
Este viernes tenemos un nuevo Café Sistemático ☕️🍀 con
Mario Mairal @ucm.es:
"Expediciones botánicas al último confín biogeográfico: historia natural, evolución e invasiones en las islas subantárticas"
🗓️ Viernes, 30 de mayo
⌚️ 11:00 (CEST)
🔗 conectaha.csic.es/b/mar-dl5-qf...
How is misinformation threatening efforts to preserve biodiversity?
Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation.
tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Coming soon from @systassn.bsky.social: "The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined", edited by David Williams & Quentin Wheeler
Stems from a symposium held at the 2024 SystAss biennial in Reading. I contributed a chapter: "Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight"
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
bit.ly/iaptwebinar1
Curso de experto, este año, presencial y en español: "Aplicaciones bioinformáticas en biodiversidad, ecología y evolución". ¡Últimos días para apuntarse!
Más info ➡️ www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios...
Foto: Abies pinsapo. Autor: little_mud_fish (https://spain.inaturalist.org/people/little_mud_fish). Licencia: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
Un nuevo estudio sobre bases de datos botánicas y su impacto en las evaluaciones de impacto ambiental #EIA revela oportunidades y retos relacionados con la calidad de los datos.
▶️ doi.org/10.1080/1461... #CiteTheDOI
@gbif.org @inaturalist.bsky.social @natusferaes.bsky.social 👇
🚨 Interested in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellowship (MSCA-PF)? I'm looking for candidates to join me at @ucm.es working on Plant Systematics & Evolutionary Genomics. Open to researchers of any nationality.
📩 Get in touch or check the call below! 👇
msca.ucm.es/msca-eoi/ucm...
Nuevo título experto @ucm.es @biologicasucm.bsky.social, "Appls. bioinformáticas en biodiversidad, ecología y evolución". Incluye herramientas bioinformáticas, genómica poblacional, filogenómica, macroecología, ecología espacial y genómica del paisaje. Más info en link.
¡Preinscripciones abiertas!
The deadline to apply for student travel bursaries to attend the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop 💻🧬 is approaching: March 3rd! Pre-registration will be open until March 14th.
Do not miss the deadlines, submit your application before it is too late!
sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/...
Only ten days left to apply!
Are you a student interested in Bayesian phylogenetics?
Student travel bursary applications to attend our (@systassn.bsky.social, SRUK/CERU) in-person workshop are open till 5PM GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 3RD!!!
Everyone else has until Friday, March 14th to register.
systass.org/workshop-bay...
This activity co-organised with @systassn.bsky.social is the one with which @pablomurod.bsky.social , @martapina.bsky.social, and I are launching the SRUK/CERU Evolution committee! We are looking for volunteers to join us, check our site and get in touch if interested! 🍏🧬
sruk.org.uk/initiatives/...
El Herbario MACB de la Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas de la @ucm.es se actualiza de nuevo en @gbif.org: 125.920 registros, con predominio de flora española:
▶️ doi.org/10.15470/akz... #CiteTheDOI
▶️ colecciones.gbif.es/public/showD...
The 2025 LinneSys call is open!
Need funding for a systematics-based project?
Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/
You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply!
Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0
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Oh I had a lovely time talking to 6 year olds! When many things seem so bleak globally there are pockets of joy - may these little ones go on to study and care for this planet
"In less than a week and a half,the consumption habits of an individual from this monied elite had already caused,on average,2.1 tonnes of CO2 emissions [...].It would take someone from the poorest 50% of humanity 3 years to create the same amount of pollution."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
